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Knowe Of Gullow Broch

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📷 Ian Balcombe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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59.02798, -3.20897

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Curlew, Mallard, Mute Swan +75 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Mallard, Mute Swan +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Primrose, Lesser Celandine, Sneezewort +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Primrose, Lesser Celandine, Sneezewort +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum, Heath Bumblebee +3 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Great Yellow Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum, Heath Bumblebee +3 more · last seen 2024

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 9Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Orkney Prehistory Loop RideCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,669 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,669 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Oystercatcher · Curlew · Coot · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +46

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Common GullLarus canus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
ScaupAythya marila
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MerlinFalco columbarius
GreenshankTringa nebularia
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common TernSterna hirundo
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
FulmarFulmarus glacialis

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2025

Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Sneezewort · Common Fumitory · Common Ramping-fumitory +11

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,669 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Oystercatcher · Curlew · Coot · Tufted Duck · Mute Swan +46

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
CurlewNumenius arquata
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
RedshankTringa totanus
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
RavenCorvus corax
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Common GullLarus canus
Black SwanCygnus atratus
GadwallMareca strepera
WigeonMareca penelope
ScaupAythya marila
SwallowHirundo rustica
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MerlinFalco columbarius
GreenshankTringa nebularia
LinnetLinaria cannabina
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Common TernSterna hirundo
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
FulmarFulmarus glacialis

🌿

Plants16 species

spring

2025

Primrose · Lesser Celandine · Sneezewort · Common Fumitory · Common Ramping-fumitory +11

PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian Balcombe · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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